8 posts tagged “marriage”

History has been made, folks! SJR-7, the proposed amendment to outlaw same-sex marriage and civil unions, has been defeated in committee. The amendment is dead.

Read the Speech by Straight GOP WY Lawmaker Favoring Equality for Gays

We need many more like him in all parties. Hopefully he's representative of a brighter more equal future for all of us.

Same-sex couples seeking marriage licenses descended on clerks offices from one end of the country to the other on Wednesday, marking the 10th Freedom to Marry Day.  As in the past nine years in every state except Massachusetts they were refused. ...

perfect!

10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong

02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of New Jersey legalized same-sex civil unions on Thursday to give gay and lesbian couples the same rights as marriage but would not allow such partnerships to be called "marriage".

--from Blue Jersey, as the NJ Legislature tries to work out the marriage thing.

they legalized marriage!

Someday we'll join other civilized countries, i hope.

Samesex marriage must be provided, whether called marriage or not! w00!!!!!!!

and My Metafilter post on it